CRPA Asks SCOTUS To Stay Mandate In Gun Show Case
The fight over gun shows in California is a microcosm of the 2A battles raging across the country: Aggressive anti-gun legislature passes law attacking “gun culture”, trampling willy-nilly on fundamental rights using spurious claims about protecting public safety. Lawful gun owners sue and a “progressive” court skips right around well-established legal standards to whisk away the challenge.
Last night, CRPA filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court seeking a stay of the mandate issued in late September that upheld the state’s ban on gun shows on state property. The Ninth Circuit’s ruling relied on some creative logic (to say the least) to skirt around both the First and Second Amendment claims asserted in our case. This application seeks to set aside that mandate.
B & L Productions v. Newsom has experienced quite a wild ride over the past year, beginning with an injunction CRPA was able to secure just under a year ago. The state, of course, appealed that ruling and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the injunction this past June. CRPA moved immediately to have the case heard en banc.
In reaction to the mandate from the Ninth Circuit, CRPA President Chuck Michel vowed that “CRPA will continue fighting for the free speech and Second Amendment rights of those in the gun culture, especially where the Bruen decision is not given its proper respect. Neither of these rights should be negated just because the state decides not to like a disfavored group.”
Our emergency application to the Supreme Court follows through on that promise, taking our case to the highest court in the land in defense of our most fundamental rights. We need your help!